A Supreme Court bench constituting of Justices Fernando, Gunawardana and Weersekera observed that since the Emergency Regulation suspended the previous notices the Election Commissioner had gazetted announcing the date of the elections, he should have resorted to the powers vested in him by virtue of section 22(6). Hence, the Commissioner could have issued a notice appointing a fresh date for the poll which, being one issued in terms of that section, would not have been affected by the Emergency Regulations issued on August 4th.
La Corte Suprema, constituida por los magistrados Fernando, Gunawardana y Weernesekera, observaron que, al suspender el Reglamento las notificaciones anteriores y publicar el Comisionado en el Boletín la fecha de las elecciones, éste debería haber recurrido a las facultades que le confiere el párrafo 6 del artículo 22, fijando de nuevo fecha para las elecciones que, al hacerse a tenor de este artículo, no se hubieran visto afectadas por el Reglamento publicado el 4 de agosto.